Helen Clevenger

Helen J. Clevenger
Helen J. Clevenger
Born	November 4, 1917; Washington, D.C.
Died	July 16, 1936; Asheville, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Home town	Great Kills, Staten Island, New York [1]

Helen Clevenger (November 4, 1917 – July 16, 1936) was an American college student murdered in Asheville, North Carolina on July 16, 1936.

Early life and education

Clevenger graduated from Tottenville High School and continued her education at New York University, planning to follow her father as a chemist.[2]

Death and aftermath

Helen Clevenger was in Asheville, North Carolina visiting her uncle, W.L. Clevenger, a professor at North Carolina State College. In the early morning hours of July 16, 1936, she was beaten and fatally shot in her room at the Battery Park Hotel.

The local police interviewed many witnesses and possible suspects in the killing before finally arresting hotel hallboy Martin Moore.[3] Moore claimed that he was beaten by detectives into giving a written confession when he was really innocent.[4] Moore was executed in the gas chamber in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 11, 1936.[5]

It is said that Helen Clevenger haunts where she was killed, the Battery Park Hotel, now Battery Park Apartments.[6]

References

"STATEN ISLAND GIRL SLAIN IN THE SOUTH; N.Y.U. Student Stabbed and Shot in Her Hotel Room at Asheville, N.C." The New York Times. 1936-07-17. Miss Helen Clevenger, 19 years old, of Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y., was found shot to death in her room at an Asheville hotel this morning.
"Suspect Is Hunted in Co-ed's Murder" (PDF). The New York Times. 1936-07-18. pp. 1, 6.
"CLEVENGER SLAYER GETS QUICK HEARING; Negro Is Arraigned Secretly in Asheville on Two Charges Carrying Death Penalty". The New York Times. 1936-08-11. p. 15.
"Co-Ed's Slayer Gets Review". The New York Times. 1936-09-24. p. 9.
"SLAYER OF CO-ED DIES IN LETHAL GAS ROOM; Moore Is Executed at Raleigh for Killing Helen Clevenger of Staten Island". The New York Times. 1936-12-12. p. 9. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
Traylor, Ken; House, Delas M. (2006). "The Spirits of the Battery Park Hotel". Asheville Ghosts and Legends. The History Press. pp. 80–83. ISBN 1-59629-156-7.

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[1] "STATEN ISLAND GIRL SLAIN IN THE SOUTH; N.Y.U. Student Stabbed and Shot in Her Hotel Room at Asheville, N.C." The New York Times. 1936-07-17. Miss Helen Clevenger, 19 years old, of Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y., was found shot to death in her room at an Asheville hotel this morning.

[2] "Suspect Is Hunted in Co-ed's Murder" (PDF). The New York Times. 1936-07-18. pp. 1, 6.

[3] "CLEVENGER SLAYER GETS QUICK HEARING; Negro Is Arraigned Secretly in Asheville on Two Charges Carrying Death Penalty". The New York Times. 1936-08-11. p. 15.

[4] "Co-Ed's Slayer Gets Review". The New York Times. 1936-09-24. p. 9.

[5] "SLAYER OF CO-ED DIES IN LETHAL GAS ROOM; Moore Is Executed at Raleigh for Killing Helen Clevenger of Staten Island". The New York Times. 1936-12-12. p. 9. Retrieved 2010-05-04.

[6] Traylor, Ken; House, Delas M. (2006). "The Spirits of the Battery Park Hotel". Asheville Ghosts and Legends. The History Press. pp. 80–83. ISBN 1-59629-156-7.